List 2 - Units 5 and 6

Question 1

Adroit

Answer 1

Quick or skillful in action or thought

Question 2

Brevity

Answer 2

The attribute of being brief or fleeting

Question 3

Decorum

Answer 3

Good taste in conduct or appearance

Question 4

Err

Answer 4

To be mistaken

Question 5

Hinder

Answer 5

To cause a delay or interruption

Question 6

Largess

Answer 6

The generous bestowal of gifts

Question 7

Obsolete

Answer 7

No longer in general use

Question 8

Pontificate

Answer 8

To speak in a pompous matter

Question 9

Reticent

Answer 9

Reluctant or restrained

Question 10

Tirade

Answer 10

Prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken, anger

Question 11

Adulation

Answer 11

Excessive devotion to someone or something

Question 12

Bristle

Answer 12

To become rigid with anger

Course hairs

Question 13

Decoy

Answer 13

One who lures another into danger

Question 14

Erratic

Answer 14

Deviating from the usual or proper course

Question 15

Histrionic

Answer 15

Deliberately affected or self-consciously emotional

Question 16

Laud

Answer 16

To praise

Question 17

Obstreperous

Answer 17

Resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner

Question 18

Portend

Answer 18

A foreshadow

Question 19

Retraction

Answer 19

The withdrawl of a promise

Question 20

Titter

Answer 20

To laugh nervously

Question 21

Promise

Answer 21

A statement telling someone that you will definitely do something